Spoon box, mashing together a speaker and a drum
Here’s a neat sound sculpture made by The Books. The spoons are animated by playing sounds on a speaker mounted behind them.
Music
Take your creations beyond the workshop and onto the stage with diy music instruments! Let us show you how these creations range from simple, basic setups that produce beautiful sounds to more complex projects that require a greater level of engineering knowledge. With these tutorials and examples, we’ll guide you on this journey to make your own musical instrument for experimental, artistic or everyday use – so whether you’re starting out new or a seasoned sound creator, come explore the wonderful world of making your own music.
Gesture controlled MIDI from an Arduino
This is a gesture controlled MIDI controller I designed and built. It has a tilt sensor which affects to MIDI parameters it is sending out but also the color of the ball. I built several stereotypes to get it work the way I preffered. The pictures are from third generation. I am currently putting together fourth generation with better LEDs.
Theremin cat
The They Might Be Giants love just doesn’t stop over here, check out Theremin Cat by Hine Mizushima for TMBG’s Here Comes Science.
Arduino noise box synth
his project is an Arduino based step sequencer, synthesizer and sound effects box. It was constructed a year ago as a third birthday present, and has recently come back to me for some ‘refurbishment’ – fresh batteries and some glue to fix LEDs that have been pushed into the box.
CAD modeling music video
I love They Might Be Giants. I love designing objects in 3D on the computer. I love turning those designs into real objects. I love this song and video!
Frankenstein, an all-tube home theater system
What could be better than a tube amplifier? How about an entire surround sound system built out of tubes!
Monome clone using arcade buttons
Travis Chen wrote in to let us know he just finished making his own Monome clone using full-sized arcade buttons. Each of the 64 hand wired Happ arcade buttons is lit with a super bright green LED.